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That's an interesting wuestion. I wonder how education and your chosen field correlate with happiness? Are accountants happier than farmers? Are photographers happier than Silicon Valley CEOs? I think I ran into some numbers along these lines at one point, but I don't recall where it was

A couple of Dutch economists from the University of Amsterdam did a study on people born in 1940 and determined that people with higher IQs tended to be healthier, but not necessarily wealthier or happier. Those with "...only a secondary education, of a general, non-vocational nature, appear to come out on top: they are healthier, happier and wealthier than any of the other schooling groups." People with higher educations tended to be less healthy, wealthy and happy than the lesser educated folks.

They said they couldn't explain their findings, but cited a number of other international studies that showed similar findings.

I'm reading "Authentic Happiness" right now (thanks for the recommendation, mclesters), and that book tells you a lot about this kind of stuff. Check it out.

Let me be the first on the board to wish you a fantastic retirement. Can't imagine you working between now and midnight, so Cheers! Bravo!! Salut!!! Mazel Tov!!!! Way to Go!!!!!

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